David Jones, artist and poet (1895-1974) begins his PREFACE TO THE ANATHEMATA :
'I have made a heap of all that I could find.' (1) So wrote Nennius, or whoever composed the introductory matter to Historia Brittonum. He speaks of an 'inward wound' which was caused by the fear that certain things dear to him 'should be like smoke dissipated'. Further, he says, 'not trusting my own learning, which is none at all, but partly from writings and monuments of the ancient inhabitants of Britain, partly from the annals of the Romans and the chronicles of the sacred fathers, Isidore, Hieronymous, Prosper, Eusebius and from the histories of the Scots and Saxons although our enemies . . . I have lispingly put together this . . . about past transactions, that [this material] might not be trodden under foot'. (2)
(1) The actual words are coacervavi omne quod inveni, and occur in Prologue 2 to the Historia.
(2) Quoted from the translation of Prologue 1. See The Works of Gildas and Nennius, J.A.Giles, London 1841.
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Seal of the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See
to the United Nations
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Cardinal George Pell and the Coat of Arms of the Holy See
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Dream of 18/19 January 1989 : Sacred Sight
I am in Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome, at the entrance to
a small side altar where a Mass is always being celebrated.
This area is curtained and only the Faithful (No Tourists)
are permitted to enter, to pray and to partake in the Mass.
I am permitted to enter and go to a pew at the front,
on the right hand side.
Here, I watch the priest very closely.
He is not doing this out of habit or duty.
He is thoughtful, deliberate and very precise
in his saying of this Mass.
I empathise with his conviction, his intensity.
Then I understand that he is saying his First Mass
and that every part of his being
- his past, his present and his future -
is concentrated on his proper movement through
every moment of it.
I become aware - did he announce it?
did I simply realise it?
that he is offering his first Sacrifice of the Mass
in praise and thanks for the Gift of Sight.
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There are four photo portraits by David Roberts
in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery.
Three of these can be seen at the NPG website,
the fourth is represented there thus :
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And below is the given text :
George Pell AC
b. 1941
George Pell AC (b. 1941) has been Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney since 2001. At Catholic college in Ballarat he was a good footballer, but he felt called to the priesthood and began studies at Corpus Christi in 1960. After further study in Rome, he was ordained in 1966. He received his PhD in church history from Oxford in 1971. Through the 1970s and early 1980s he served in various dioceses in Victoria, adding a master's degree in education to his qualifications. Appointed auxiliary bishop of Melbourne in 1987, he became that city's seventh Catholic archbishop in 1996; in 2001 he moved to take on the role of eighth Archbishop of Sydney. He was created a cardinal in 2003 and was one of the electors of the 2005 papal conclave that selected Pope Benedict XVI. Generally characterised as a conservative as a consequence of his views on the ordination of women, the use of condoms to prevent the spread of AIDs, the celibacy of clergymen, divorce and climate change, Pell has written widely in religious and secular magazines, learned journals and newspapers in Australia and overseas and regularly speaks on television and radio. In late 2018 Cardinal Pell was convicted of child sex charges, the crimes having been perpetrated when he was the archbishop of Melbourne in 1996.
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Happy Birthday Gerald
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Keeper of the Great Seal of TAR (1936)
Collection of Keeper of Untitled Documents (1973)
Keeper of the Present Seal (after Schertzinger/Mercer/Ifield)
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We were fortunate to see Noel Counihan's Laughing Christ exhibition at Australian Galleries, Collingwood, in the early 1970s.
It remains a touchstone in our Images of Christ cataLOGOS/HA HA
Noel Counihan, Laughing Christ, 1970
There are many such volumes...
...and addenda, such as this by Mel Gibson (2004)
...and certainly this, published today.
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We offer this description of "the fatherland (as) a string of rivers that flow into the see" in the context of the man-dammed rivers crisis in Australia this summer.
Luis Buñuel (Exterminating Angel) / FIAPCE ] the see (
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Picked from yesterday's Label Tree ...
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